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CHAPTER NINE

The next s seemed better with Kate She was all chatter and so into the city Since I had no et a coffee, but I really wanted to be outside, so ent to the village to hang out The streets were lined with shops of all sorts, and the beach wasn’t far away Kate strolled besideat the people she knew every so often as alked

"I did some research on Mr Fabulous You wanna hear?" she asked suddenly e stopped in front of the bakery

My nose was assaulted by the scent of sugar and yeast, and I was in a good mood "Sure, why not? What’d you find, Kate?"

Before answering, Kate said, "I’h the glass like a hoh the door I was protesting, but I lost h to make me move back to New York There weren’t places like this where I lived in Texas My erator case filled with millions of tiny cookies, beautifully decorated pastries, and cakes that put all others to shao It went on auction at a benefit and sold for over 200,000 That auction is what propelled him into stardo down his neck, wanting et a dime from that first sale It all went to charity" We inched up to the glass when the person in front of us left Kate ordered two giant butter cookies covered in mini chocolate chips After she paid, alked back outside and continued strolling toward the docks "Oh ood" She bit off another piece of cookie and continued, "After that, he continued to sell racy art to the affluent He only paintssince he did have some patrons anted their portrait made like that Rumor has it that he turned down a multimillion dollar co the model and Jack wouldn’t have it"

"Holy shit," I didn’t hed atwhile I asked, "Who was it? Who would offer that et that!" she said "Who would turn down that lanced at her, wiping away cookie cruShe tilted her head atthat would have been if he painted it?" I shook my head I would have assumed it would have been after he had so it down It had to be after he knehere his next ain, "Number two He was broke, Ab, and turned down all thatwide I sed hard, nearly choking on my coveted cookie I stared at Kate for a ht when I spoke to Jack, I could tell how important it was to hi down millions to paint a patron that sounded insane Especially when you know broke the e knew broke--Ra as tissues, and should I buy dinner or pay the electric bill kind of broke

Kate continued, "That’s what got him more media attention The poor kid that turned down nearly three million bucks on principle The public ate it up, and clients poured out the ork Jack’s been able to do things on his teret to where he is"

Breaking off a piece of cookie, I hed Things worked out for Jack, and I was happy for him But I wasn’t so lucky

Kate sed the rest of her cookie and asked, "You ready to talk about it yet? Or are you just going to continue to make obscure references to what you did down in Texas that pissed off pews filled with crazy, rich white people?"

We walked out onto a pier and sat at the end "Obscure references for a while longer Just until I decide if what I did was right or not"

An expression of shock washed across her face, "You don’t kno could you not know if it was right or wrong, Abby?"

I glanced at her, "It was definitely wrong I just don’t know if it was justified, if I should have They obviously didn’t think so" I wanted to come to my own conclusions on this, before I told her I smiled at her "I’ll tell you soon"

Kate looked out at the deep blue water It lapped at the wooden pier, and the sky was gray, ready to rain "There’s actually so that I’d like to knowattention<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>